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Newspaper
The Review
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1914
Page
7
An exchange at a social gathering centers on a painting sold with a written guarantee that the painter was over seventy five when the stroke was made. A Baltimore Sun quip follows on definitions of fl and references a colorful Charleston anecdote about Aunt Dinah and church collection singing.
Advertisement touts resinol ointment and resinol soap as cures for eczema ringworm and itching. Claims quick relief in severe cases and lists safe use for pimples dandruff burns and wounds with prices 50c and 1 and soap 25c. Warns against imitations.
In Salisbury a 258 member delegation of prominent New Yorkers including state officials senators and Civil War veterans visited the Federal Cemetery to dedicate a monument honoring 12148 Union soldiers buried in Southern prisons. Speakers described the commission work and $20000 appropriation while 64 survivors attended.
A humorous exchange from the Louisville Courier Journal prompts Mrs Wombat to question male vanity while Mr Wombat jokes about washcloth duties. An antique advertisement touts Dr G B Williams Liver and Kidney Pills as a calomel substitute, claiming gentler action and free samples from Quitman Georgia. Alden asks a childlike why question highlighting a playful domestic moment.
An array of vintage advertisements includes a malaria remedy promising to break fever with five or six doses and act as a tonic, a claim that laughter aids digestion, Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets for digestion, a comic note about a colored porter mispronouncing cimifuga rasimoses, Putnam Fadeless Dyes promising satisfaction, and a moralistic aphorism about aged wisdom.
Mayor C A Bland states the municipal association includes North and South Carolina officers with nearly all municipalities represented. The May 14 15 meeting features a parade at 10 am and speeches at the Selwyn, a municipal photo exhibit, and a Dutch supper smoker to close the event. In Rocky Mount berry shipments accelerate after delays, with 15 cars moved in three days and expectations of doubling as demand stays brisk and prices stay firm.
Census Bureau figures list Charlotte 37951 Wilmington 27781 Winston Salem 29034 Asheville 20157 Durham 22863 Greensboro 18391 Raleigh 19833 Rocky Mount 16855 High Point 11810 Newbern 10281 Elizabeth City 9282 Concord 9050. Kinston Free Press sold to local businessmen. established 1878 by Daniels brothers as a weekly. Capt Alsa J Brown dead at 72. veteran of the Confederacy noted for bravery by Robert E. Lee. died suddenly in Goldsboro after rising from bed.
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